A tradition of protest
Mactumatza, the school Vasquez attended, is located on the outskirts of the city, not far from the highway where he died.
It is part of a nationwide network of government-funded normal schools, also known as teacher…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Turkey detains 30 as government crackdown on opposition deepens: What to know
Detainees include officials from Istanbul and Antalya municipalities and their family members as part of an ongoing corruption investigation into the Republican People’s Party (CHP) that critics say is politically motivated.
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The US is “active in protecting Israeli officials” from “any accountability”
Wadie Said, a professor of law at University of Colorado, explains how the US is shielding Israel from being held accountable for the crimes it's accused of committing in Gaza.
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Saudi Arabia condemns Israel’s ‘starvation and ethnic cleansing’ policy in Gaza – Middle East Monitor
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday denounced Israel’s plan to fully occupy the Gaza Strip, accusing it of systematically starving the territory’s population and engaging in ethnic cleansing, Anadolu reports.
In a statement…
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Israel believes “any journalist reporting on Gaza” must be Hamas
“That's the way Israel silences the world from criticising and holding it to account.”
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‘Cooked alive’: Europe’s wildfires hit tourism spots and forests
By David Latona and Pietro Lombardi
MADRID/LISBON (Reuters) -Firefighters across Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and the Balkans were battling wildfires on Tuesday with another heatwave pushing temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees…
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Iran says it arrested 21,000 ‘suspects’ during 12-day war with Israel
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iranian police arrested as many as 21,000 “suspects” during the country’s 12-day war with Israel in June, a law enforcement spokesperson said on Tuesday, according to state media.
Following Israeli air strikes that began on June…
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Rights group denounces Israel’s ‘deliberate’ killing of 6 journalists in Gaza – Middle East Monitor
Amnesty International condemned Israel’s “deliberate” killing of six journalists in the Gaza Strip on Monday, saying they were Gaza’s eyes and voices, Anadolu reported.“Amnesty strongly condemns Israel’s deliberate killing of…
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Lebanon President affirms commitment to disarmament plan – Middle East Monitor
Lebanon President Joseph Aoun has affirmed his commitment to disarm all non- state actors including Hezbollah, by the end of 2025, MP Firas Hamdan said Monday.
Following his meeting with Aoun, MP Hamdan said the…
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UNRWA chief accuses Israel of “silencing” journalists in Gaza – Middle East Monitor
Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini has accused Israel of “deliberate” targeting of journalists to “silence voices” reporting…
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